Course Program

Up-and-down contest: how many can you save in a row?

Feel the green, for a 16-handicap player, ~15 minutes at Sound Of Freedom Gc

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 15.53 drills65% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

4 to 25

Average HCP

15.5

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control32%

Scoring22%

Trajectory14%

Dispersion13%

Precision12%

Alignment7%

Overview

Program Structure

Up-and-down contest: how many can you save in a row?. Stop on a dime and feel the green. Focus on Distance Control, Scoring, Trajectory, Dispersion, Precision, Alignment. For a 16-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Skill

Scoring

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Distance Control
Scoring
Trajectory
Dispersion

Program details

Sessions: 3 focused drills
Recommended: 2–3 sessions / week
Total duration: 1 hr 18 min
1 drill per day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Drill Framework

Program breakdown

Each drill is designed to prepare you for the course. Follow the program or repeat the drills to improve key areas of your game.

Drill 1 Drill 2 Drill 3

Pitch | Scattered Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to land a pitch shot inside the landing zone(s). The player with the most points wins the challenge. One bucket of balls per player is needed.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Scattered Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Set up 3 target zones on the green in a straight line, 6 feet apart.

Make 6 piles of balls between 30 and 60 yards from the hole.

Split 36 balls into 3 groups of

Hit 12 shots to target zone 1 from any pile.

Hit 12 shots to target zone 2 from any pile.

Hit 12 shots to target zone 3 from any pile.

Count how many shots stop inside the correct zone.

Enter the number of successes out of 36 attempts in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	30	28	26	22	17	13	9	6	3

Pitch| Scattered Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Scatter a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 8 equal piles of 5 balls and hit-and-land pitch shots inside landing zones. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Make 3 piles of 12 golf balls each between 30 and 60 yards from the hole.

On the green, set up 3 landing zones in a straight line 9 feet (3 meters) apart.

Hit 36 pitch shots in total, grouped into 3 sets of

Try to land the first 12 shots in Landing Zone 1, the next 12 in Landing Zone 2, and the last 12 in Landing Zone

You can hit from any pile, but keep the ball position the same.

Count every ball that stays in the right landing zone as a success.

After 36 shots, enter the number of successes out of 36 attempts in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	32	30	28	25	20	16	12	8	5

Pitch | Perpendicular Piles | 9 Stop Zones

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a pitch shot in the stop zone(s). The player with the most points at the end wins the challenge. One bucket of balls per player is needed.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Perpendicular Piles | 9 Stop Zones

Place 10 piles of balls in two lines that cross each other, with 5 piles in each line, spaced 3 yards apart.

Put these piles on grass, 30 to 60 yards from the hole.

On the green, mark 9 clear stop zones using buckets, string, or tees, spaced evenly.

Hit 36 pitch shots, aiming 4 shots at each of the 9 stop zones.

From any pile, hit 4 balls trying to stop them in the first zone.

After 4 shots, aim at the next zone and hit 4 more shots, repeating for each zone.

Keep hitting 4 shots per stop zone until all 9 zones are done (total 36 shots).

Count each ball that stops in the target zone as a success.

After all shots, add the number of successful shots and enter your score in the app out of 36.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	31	29	26	22	18	14	10	7	4

Next Step

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